Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Hutchings/Hobden/Wetton. AKA 'Team Mash'

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 16-08-2008 to 23-08-2008

No. of persons fishing: 5

Brief details of your catches: 43 Carp 13 x 30’s, 1 x 40, 21 x 20’s, 8 x upper doubles. Norma’s PB 40lb 1oz.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Tight to margins, small beds of bait.

Were the facilities what you expected? Excellent

Were you happy with them? Very.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Once again the services & fishing were exceptional. Heather, Larry & Steve will always go that extra mile to ensure you have the best holiday ever. Again we all went away heavier than we started thanks to Heather’s cooking. Larry, as always will help as much or as little as you need – listen to him he knows the lake & will always help you find the fish. Total weight of Carp caught was 1,120LB.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Ian & Mark Taylor.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 13-08-2008 to 16-08-2008

No. of persons fishing: 2

Brief details of your catches: 12lb 7oz Common. 27lb Mirror (PB) 38lb Mirror (PB) (Ian & Mark fished for 3 days with 2 rods)

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Quest Special Crab to far margin by rocks/inlet in daylight.

Were the facilities what you expected? Absolutely.

Were you happy with them? Very.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Location great. People very helpful & friendly. Food excellent. Toby playful!! (despite the bark!) Fishing excellent!

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Lee Boreham, Steve & Gary.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 02-08-2008 to 09-08-2008

No. of persons fishing: 3

Brief details of your catches: 10 Carp to 39LB. PB. (A few missed runs + 1 lost at net)

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Quest Special Crab plus to margins.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes.

Were you happy with them? Very.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Definitely.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Definitely.

General comments: Great week fishing, second year here. Lovely surroundings. Excellent coaching from Larry (if required)! Excellent cooking from Heather (much required)!

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Gary Shouler, Alan Robinson, Chris Wright, Neil Ra

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 26-07-2008 to 02-08-2008

No. of persons fishing: 5

Brief details of your catches: Neil: 8 Carp to 42lb PB, 2 Cats. Alan: 2 Carp to 39lb 8oz PB, 1 Pike, 4 Cats. Gary: 3 Carp. Chris Wright: 1 Carp, 4 Cats. Chris Dunn: 3 Carp, 3 Cats.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Boilie over pellet.

Were the facilities what you expected? More than.

Were you happy with them? Very happy.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Larry & Heather fantastic as usual.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  A. Smallwood & Jack Smallwood (age 12).

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 19-07-2008 to 26-07-2008

No. of persons fishing: 2

Brief details of your catches: 3 Carp. 25lb 12oz, 31lb 3oz, 32lb 6oz. 2 PB’s.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Boilies.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes.

Were you happy with them? Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Lovely hosts.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Ivan & Diane Capel.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 19-07-2008 to 26-07-2008

No. of persons fishing: 2

Brief details of your catches: 9 Mirror Carp 16lb to 37.4oz. 2 Pike & 2 Cats. Ivan PB 37lb 4oz Carp. Diane PB 28lb 6oz Carp. Catfish 6lb 14oz. Pike 4lb 10oz.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Quest Special Crab boilies. Fish to far margins or follow Larry’s advice.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes.

Were you happy with them? Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes definitely.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: We had a superb week, very relaxing. Hospitality fantastic. Food excellent. Thank-you Larry & Heather.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Martin, Dawn & Kie.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 12-07-2008 to 19-07-2008

No. of persons fishing: 3

Brief details of your catches: 21 Carp from 15lb to 40lb. Included 3 new PBs.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Maize in the day + boilies, also pellet & hemp. Bait up small amounts. Listen to Larry & do what he says!

Were the facilities what you expected? More than what we expected.

Were you happy with them? More than happy.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? We already have.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: We arrived to a welcome from Larry, Heather, Steve & Toby. After deciding where to fish & with help from Larry we was put on the fish & having a good week's fishing & breaking all 3 PB’s we were more than happy. Excellent week, the weather was good & the food package couldn’t have been any better, & having a few changes with menu wasn’t a problem, it was excellent, thanks very much Heather! Top cook. Kee: The venue does contain quality fish that is stated, this will be another booking for us to return to for definitely, also toilets & showers were excellent & always open + very clean, thanks to you both. Kee says: best food he has ever had in France & wants to book a place for Xmas dinner (with no veg). Thanks Heather, Kee x (nothing wrong with veg I just don’t eat it & Heather made sure I got what I asked for.)

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Adam Evans. (Spud)

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 05-07-2008 to 12-07-2008

No. of persons fishing: 1

Brief details of your catches: 8 Carp in total. 3 x 30+’s & a 46lb 3oz PB.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Maize in the day & Tiger Nut Crunch at night on a semi fixed rig.

Were the facilities what you expected? No……a lot better than I thought it would be.

Were you happy with them? Yes, very helpful & friendly.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: A very nice looking lake with very friendly people to make things helpful & enjoyable, take in what Larry tells you, he knows the lake very well.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Colin Palmer.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 05-07-2008 to 12-07-2008

No. of persons fishing: 1

Brief details of your catches: 13 Carp. 3 x 30lb+s + a 40lb 3oz Mirror P.B.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Night Rajah Spice. Day maize.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes.

Were you happy with them? Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Just like last year. We were looked after very very well. Food & fishing good. PBs all round & look forward to coming back. Thanks. Colin Palmer.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Gerard Hyland. (Ged)

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 05-07-2008 to 12-07-2008

No. of persons fishing: 1

Brief details of your catches: Total catch 10 Carp including 3 x 30+lb. New PB.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Getting to lake & speaking with owners. Best bait for me was crab & mussel.

Were the facilities what you expected? No. (They were superb)

Were you happy with them? Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: The services provided were excellent & the owners were very welcoming. Very enjoyable week with good food & company.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Richard Palmer.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 05-07-2008 to 12-07-2008

No. of persons fishing: 1

Brief details of your catches: 7 Carp in total up to 43lb 6oz PB.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Maize during the day worked very well & Special Crab at night on a size 6 hook on a semi bolt rig set-up.

Were the facilities what you expected? Better.

Were you happy with them? Very.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? For sure.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Larry, Heather & Steve are fantastic hosts, give you a warm welcome & are more than happy to help, Larry knows the lake like the back of his hand & if you take in what he says he can certainly get you on the fish!

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Darren A. & Neil H.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 28-06-2008 to 05-07-2008

No. of persons fishing: 2

Brief details of your catches: D.A. 20lb Mirror, 14lb 12oz Common, Lost 3. N.H. 34lb Mirror, 22lb Mirror, 20lb Mirror. Lost 2.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Quest Special Crab.

Were the facilities what you expected? Very good.

Were you happy with them? Yes, excellent.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Lovely venue, great hosts, but very difficult fishing due to inclement weather.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Dave Perkins & Ian Minns.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 28-06-2008 to 05-07-2008

No. of persons fishing: 2

Brief details of your catches: 1 x 30lb Mirror, 1 x 20lb Mirror, 1 x small catfish.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: ?

Were the facilities what you expected? V/Good.

Were you happy with them? Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Very relaxing, but fishing was hard. Larry & Heather are great hosts.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Scott & Harry Grist.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 21-06-2008 to 28-06-2008

No. of persons fishing: 2

Brief details of your catches: 24lb 12oz & 22lb Commons. 6lb & 11lb Catfish.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Simple rigs, Quest Special Crab.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes.

Were you happy with them? Yes, very.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Absolutely.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Listen to Larry, he will get you on the fish.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Mr Jimmy & Mr Craig.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 21-06-2008 to 28-06-2008

No. of persons fishing: 2

Brief details of your catches: Mirrors: 39lb 2oz PB, 30lb 8oz PB, 23lb, Commons: 13lb 8oz & 11lb. Missed loads of fish.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Quest Special Crab boilies through the evening.

Were the facilities what you expected? Better.

Were you happy with them? Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Craig should have had 12 Carp in all but missed them, I also missed fish but had 2 cats & loads of roach also. The weather was very good, the food & Larry & Heather were great again. Larry’s bait boat from the 2nd world war was fantastic (the Les & Janet) it bagged us all the fish, we had a great time. 500 Euro bar bill, beat that fishermen to come!! P.S. The roach were caught on a pole.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  A. Wilmot.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 14-06-2008 to 21-06-2008

No. of persons fishing: 3

Brief details of your catches: 36lb 12oz, 35lb 2oz, 31lb 14oz, 31lb, 29lb, 27lb 7oz, 26lb 8oz, 19lb 6oz, 15lb 10oz, 15lb 2oz, 13lb 7oz.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Mainline baits with bed of trout pellets.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes.

Were you happy with them? Very happy with them.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Definitely.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Definitely.

General comments: From start to finish Larry & Heather did everything to make our stay as comfortable as possible. Great fishing tips from Larry, great food from Heather. Owners comment: At start of the week 3 guys fishing, unfortunately one had to return home Tuesday morning. Difficult weeks fishing, but they applied themselves & worked hard at it, broke their PB’s also lost 2 or 3 at the net.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Hicks Party

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 07-06-2008 to 14-06-2008

No. of persons fishing: 5

Brief details of your catches: 21 carp in total, ranging from 13 - 39lb.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Heavily baited areas using bait boats. Pellets with boilie supplied by lake.

Were the facilities what you expected? Much better

Were you happy with them? Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes, good weeks fishing

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes (effecient)

General comments: Our Larry and Heather, very helpful and informative. Told us areas to fish, best baits and rigs. A real decent bloke.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Ron Neville & Steve Beeton

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 31-05-2008 to 06-06-2008

No. of persons fishing: 2

Brief details of your catches: 17 fish in total from 14lb to 40lb 09oz mirro and linear carp. Weather very changable from Hot and sunny to cold and monsoon rains. 3 x 40lb's 5 x 30s to 34lb4oz, 5 x 20s to 27lb and 4 doubles.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: We used Quest Pineapple, Rahja and Tigernut crunch. Some on snowman's, some with pop up sweetcorn and boilie or double boilies. Fished to far bank.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes

Were you happy with them? Yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes

General comments: Very well looked after water and excellent fish. The food was great.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Chris & Lee Osborn.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 24-05-2008 to 31-05-2008

No. of persons fishing: 2

Brief details of your catches: Mirror 42lb PB to Lee & Mirror 38lb 2oz PB for Chris + lots of other good 30lb+ Mirrors & a 28lb Linear.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Boilies over scattered freebies, small bags. Stalking margins with maize.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes.

Were you happy with them? Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Absolutely.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Absolutely.

General comments: A thoroughly enjoyable weeks fishing. Excellent fishing, fantastic hospitality. Food & overall good nature of our hosts made the whole experience a real pleasure. Thanks Heather for the biscuits & cough mixture!!

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Terry Osborne.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 17-05-2008 to 24-05-2008

No. of persons fishing: 3

Brief details of your catches: 23 Mirrors from 14lb to 46lb!! 4 Commons 19lb to 28lb 8oz. 1 Catfish 19lb. Fish total 28. (Terry & Phil both achieved new PB’s)

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Fishing far banks. (Special Crab & Rahja Spice)

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes.

Were you happy with them? Yes (very)

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Larry & Heather made us feel very welcome. The food was excellent. Larry gave us some very good advice about hot-spots & rigs. They make a good team (Larry & Heather) both work hard to please you.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Bob Longcroft.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 10-05-2008 to 17-05-2008

No. of persons fishing: 4

Brief details of your catches: Bob: 8 Mirrors 17lb 10oz to 36lb 5oz. 1 Common 28lb 3oz. 5 Cats. Steve: 37lb 3oz Mirror PB.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: I stayed on boilies using freebies cobra stick out. Quest Special Crab boilies took most fish.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes more so, very clean & tidy.

Were you happy with them? Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Great venue, great people, very helpful, will come again. Thank-you.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Grant/Dave.(Longcroft group)

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 10-05-2008 to 17-05-2008

No. of persons fishing: 2

Brief details of your catches: 5 x 30’s. 3 x 20’s, 3 x high doubles.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Maize during day. Boilies during night. Fished to far bank.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes.

Were you happy with them? Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Food excellent. Venue excellent. Larry’s tips & advice excellent. Upkeep of venue excellent. Fish in excellent condition. Very friendly owners. Toby the dog excellent. Coming back next year.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Jay Breslin.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 03-05-2008 to 10-05-2008

No. of persons fishing: 5

Brief details of your catches: Caught Carp from 25lb to 39lb+. (2 Commons 25+) 3 PB’s achieved.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Fish to far bank, maize during day, boilies at night. Simple rigs.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes.

Were you happy with them? Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Fish in great condition. Hospitality hard to beat.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Ben Rook, Richard Barnes & Paul Hodgkinson.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 26-04-2008 to 03-05-2008

No. of persons fishing: 3

Brief details of your catches: 45lb, 2 x 39lb, 33lb, 2 x 25lb, 24lb, 23lb, 20lb, 2 x 19lb, 2 x 18lb,

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Small beds of bait & fishmeal boilies.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes.

Were you happy with them? Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: A great start to the week with the weather, the fishing started very good but by the middle of the week it got a lot colder & the fishing went a bit slow. All broke our PB’s. Larry & Heather great people, we’ll be back.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  James Edge & Danny Barker.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 19-04-2008 to 26-04-2008

No. of persons fishing: 2

Brief details of your catches: 39lb13oz PB, 32lb10oz, 32lb6oz, 30lb1oz, 28lb6oz, 27lb14oz, 20lb14oz, 20lb6oz.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Quest Baits Tiger Nut crunch & Special Crab.

Were the facilities what you expected? More than expected.

Were you happy with them? More than happy (Happy as Larry)

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Definitely.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: We had a brilliant week & didn’t want to go home. Larry & Heather were superb. Larry & his knowledge of the lake were extremely helpful. In general Les Genets is superb.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  James & James.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 19-04-2008 to 26-04-2008

No. of persons fishing: 2

Brief details of your catches: 6 x 30lb+, 8 x 20lb+, 1 x 17lb. 1 Catfish.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Maize/ Quest Tiger Nut crunch.

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes.

Were you happy with them? Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Lovely owners, friendly & good advice.

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Mark Leake & Buzz.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 19-04-2008 to 26-04-2008

No. of persons fishing: 2

Brief details of your catches: Mark: None. Buzz: 4 Carp to 38lb 6oz.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: 

Were the facilities what you expected? Yes.

Were you happy with them? Yes.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Food was nice, showers were lovely. Found Larry helpful with the fishing especially as I hadn’t caught anything (Mark)

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  liam swallow

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 12-04-2008 to 17-04-2008

No. of persons fishing: 6

Brief details of your catches: 3x 30s, 34lb 8oz, 33lb 8oz, 30lb,2x 20s, 25lb 8oz common, 21lb 4oz and 3 high doubles

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: boilie and pellet

Were the facilities what you expected? yes

Were you happy with them? yes

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? yes

Would you recommend our services to a friend? yes

General comments: larry and heather brilliant, food was excellent recomend to anyone. restaurant quality food

Holiday Feedback Form

Name of customer:  Chip.

Venue:  Genets

Date of holiday: 05-04-2008 to 12-04-2008

No. of persons fishing: 3

Brief details of your catches: 1 x 34lb 8oz PB. 1 x 26lb2oz. 4 x Upper doubles.

What did you find were the best tactics/baits: Washed out baits.

Were the facilities what you expected? Better.

Were you happy with them? Very.

Would you recommend the venue to a friend? Yes.

Would you recommend our services to a friend? Yes.

General comments: Unexpected weather i.e. snow, frost, rain, very cold wind made fishing very hard!! Had a great time, food was excellent, fish in top nick, hosts were great again. Will be back.